Essays Tagged: "force of attraction"

This is an essay I did on explaining how gravity works as well as how it effects the tides... How high tide and low tide work

Introduction"Gravity is a force of attraction that exists between any two masses, any two bodies, any two particles. Gravity i ... gravitational field to keep us in orbit and keep life ongoing on our planet. Gravity is a downward force on any body of mass, the larger the mass of the body, the stronger the gravitational force. On ... probably happened was that he watched an apple fall from a tree.) He concluded that there must be a force pulling all objects towards the ground, such as the apple and himself, and because the apple s ...

(5 pages) 105 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography

Describing how Hydrogen Bonding is done.

This hydrogen bonding is way different from other uses from the word "bond", since it is a force of attraction between a hydrogen atom in one molecule and a small atom of high electronegativi ... a small atom of high electronegativity in another molecule. This means that it is an intermolecular force, not an intramolecular force as in the common use of the word "bond.When hydrogen atoms are jo ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Describe and explain the periodic trends of the period 3 elements Na - Ar

This is because the number of protons in the nucleus increases so the nuclear charge increases. The force of attraction between the nucleus and the electrons increases so the electrons are drawn more ... r of protons in the nucleus increases so the nuclear charge in each element increases therefore the force of attraction between the nucleus and outer electron is increased, and there is a negligible i ...

(2 pages) 44 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Solubility of salt

. Ionic solids (or salts) contain positive and negative ions, which are held together by the strong force of attraction between particles with opposite charges. When one of these solids dissolves in w ...

(10 pages) 36 1 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry